diff --git a/.netavark.checksum b/.netavark.checksum
index 54495baf385b08cfc246a8116667929d5c223345..ec823cb687db8d55b9d3c7e68a84ae694d23ecb4 100644
--- a/.netavark.checksum
+++ b/.netavark.checksum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Direct Git Import
+212963709233115f6ba03763616e9eae4d9243aef030a2e5ef9131d1e6a5fc73
diff --git a/.netavark.metadata b/.netavark.metadata
index f95318df9d546894ef3af22d8dd0d63fe2834c3b..ffdc47912dd6df98458ce7575fd290b82262d170 100644
--- a/.netavark.metadata
+++ b/.netavark.metadata
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-b0ed7d80fd96ef2af88e7a001d91024919125e5842d9772de94648044630e116 SOURCES/1.7.0.tar.gz
 463f26bd4d619619b5cc14b34496e3910e3e4e15f017094666beb2ed412c076f SOURCES/netavark-v1.7.0-vendor.tar.gz
+2a70691b49978657fd8e7b67410f2552423cfdc62b3495cc91faf89192df1b16 SOURCES/v1.7.0-rhel-4335c93.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/netavark.spec b/SPECS/netavark.spec
index eccd6b7df8aa39e3011f07b3d344e85f4b444237..1804bc57138ac20703f925b5e7c121ba94626a40 100644
--- a/SPECS/netavark.spec
+++ b/SPECS/netavark.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 # debuginfo doesn't work yet
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 
+%global branch v1.7.0-rhel
+%global commit0 4335c93224d9667f62e9ba382d9eae314a19c706
+%global shortcommit0 %(c=%{commit0}; echo ${c:0:7})
+
 Epoch: 2
 Name: netavark
 Version: 1.7.0
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0 and BSD and MIT
 ExclusiveArch: %{rust_arches}
 Summary: OCI network stack
 URL: https://github.com/containers/%{name}
-Source0: %{url}/archive/v%{version}/%{version}.tar.gz
+%if 0%{?branch:1}
+Source0: https://github.com/containers/%{name}/tarball/%{commit0}/%{branch}-%{shortcommit0}.tar.gz
+%else
+Source0: https://github.com/containers/%{name}/archive/%{commit0}/%{name}-%{version}-%{shortcommit0}.tar.gz
+%endif
 Source1: %{url}/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-v%{version}-vendor.tar.gz
 Source2: netavark.1
 BuildRequires: cargo
@@ -45,7 +53,11 @@ Its features include:
 * Support for container DNS resolution via aardvark-dns.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -Sgit
+%if 0%{?branch:1}
+%autosetup -Sgit -n containers-%{name}-%{shortcommit0}
+%else
+%autosetup -Sgit -n %{name}-%{commit0}
+%endif
 tar fx %{SOURCE1}
 mkdir -p .cargo
 
@@ -81,6 +93,11 @@ cp %{SOURCE2} .
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 15 2023 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 2:1.7.0-2
+- update to the latest content of https://github.com/containers/netavark/tree/v1.7.0-rhel
+  (https://github.com/containers/netavark/commit/4335c93)
+- Resolves: RHEL-16299
+
 * Mon Jul 03 2023 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 2:1.7.0-1
 - update to https://github.com/containers/netavark/releases/tag/v1.7.0
 - Related: #2176055